Leicester City vs Manchester City Match Preview


In this week 14 match on Oct 29th, Leicester City plays host to Manchester City in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 17th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Youri Tielemans scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 8th minute, then Harvey Barnes added another in the 19th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester City sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Borussia Dortmund. Neither Borussia Dortmund nor Manchester City could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.

These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Manchester City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.

Erling Braut Håland has been the most effective weapon for Manchester City lately. The Norwegian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. For Leicester City, their top scorers are James Maddison and Harvey Barnes, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches

Ryan Bertrand, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Çağlar Söyüncü, Jonny Evans and Nampalys Mendy are unavailable to play for Leicester City, while Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips are unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team.